once upon a time...a hornbow...

[simk]

yeah, its been a while since I made one horn-wood-sinew-composite. but every time I make one I'm fascinated about what this combo can do.
this one is 57" ntn and pulls 60# @ 32". the horn and the sinew both are extremly elastic materials - they are about 10 times more elastic than glass. this results in very low stress for the materials  and that is why you can achieve pretty sick designs and bends even with fairly thick bending zones....
cheers

[simk]

...goal was a shorter bow 60#-32 which can be shot without thumb-ring.
thanx for watching

[Crooked Stic]

Its a looker----

[Pat B]

Very nice bow. Tiller looks great. 

[Kirkll]

Nice work!   Love those tips!

[Mad Max]

I like it

Kind of a selfbow/laminated bow with horn and sinew added

[willi]

very nice, your attention to detail is superb.

[Buemaker]

Good looking bow for sure. What did you use for core woods?

[superdav95]

Very nice indeed Simon!

[bownarra]

To improve performance - work on your sinew backing , the sals (bending limbs) are too long. Try concentrating the bend in a smaller area. Study the old hornbow designs to get the idea. This is tillered like a wooden bow ok but you are under straining the materials and thus losing efficiency.

[Buemaker]

I am thinking  that simk know most likely all this, but wanted to make a different kind of horn-sinew bow. Beautiful work, well done.